getting pregnant while taking bc pill?

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Registered: 01-17-2005
getting pregnant while taking bc pill?
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Fri, 10-27-2006 - 9:06pm

I'm only 20 years old..and my very best friend (who is 18) found out just a few weeks ago that she was pregnant. A few days after she told me the news, she ended up having a miscarriage. She called me from work and I went to the hospital with her, and stayed with her throughtout the night and next day because she was very upset (she had decided to keep the baby).

The irony in all of this, is that because I was away from home for two days, I forgot to take my birth control pills. I have been using ortho tri cyclin for about 1.5 years, and have never had any trouble with it. I regret to say that I had sex both of the days that I forgot to take my pills ( I should clarify and say that I went two full days without taking birth control pills, and on those two days I had sex). It's silly, considering that my friend had gotten pregnant. I should have been more cautious especially, but since so much was going on, I wasn't really thinking about myself and it slipped my mind. I realized my mistake on the third day and took two pills, two days in a row, to correct this. A few days after, I noticed very light spotting lasting two days, but it was pink and came with only very light cramps. I became concerned and read the instructions that came with my pills. According to it, if you miss two pills in a row, you could become pregnant in the following 7 days after missing them...

so now I'm afraid because I had sex almost every night after missing those two pills.

Does anyone know the odds of becoming pregnant while on birth control pills if you miss two of them and don't use a backup method? I can't find any information and I'm afraid that the spotting I experienced might have been implantation bleeding...

If anyone can point me to a website with information, or share their own knowledge, I would really appreciate it!

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Registered: 10-03-2006
Fri, 10-27-2006 - 10:41pm
ok..when i first got pregnant..i was on the same pill as u were..i missed about 3 or 4..i didnt notice implantation bleedin or cramps (i actually got my period too) cause i didnt find out i was pg until i was 7 weeks along! when is your next period? keep us posted ok?

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Registered: 05-09-2004
Thu, 11-02-2006 - 2:49pm
Hi. Im 20 also. I think u were supposed to use a backup method for 7 days after u missed the pills. I am TTC and stopped taking my pills completely in week 2 and its now week 3 for me and im still bleeding. First it was like spotting, now its like a period. I also had unprotected sex. So i dont know what will happen to me, but like i said for u, u were right in taking 2 pills a day until u are caught up, and use protection for next 7 days.

Allyss

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Registered: 10-01-2006
Thu, 11-02-2006 - 8:48pm

I got pregnant TWICE while taking ortho tricyclen and missing only a couple of pills. I would wait until your period is due and take a pregnancy test. Keep us posted on what you find out.


Maggie

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